Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 10 - Section 10.4 - Areas and Lengths in Polar Coordinates - 10.4 Exercises - Page 672: 5

Answer

$A=\frac{1}{2}$

Work Step by Step

Looking at the graph of the curve, we can see that the region goes from $0$ to $\pi/2$, so the bounds of the integral are $0$ and $\pi/2$. Using the formula for the area under a polar curve, we can set up the integral: $$\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{\pi/2} r^2 d\theta=\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{\pi/2} sin\,2\theta\, d\theta$$. Solving the integral, we get: $$\frac{1}{2}\bigg(-\frac{1}{2}cos\,2\theta\bigg)\bigg\rvert_{0}^{\pi/2}=\frac{1}{2}\Bigg(\frac{1}{2}-\bigg(-\frac{1}{2}\bigg)\Bigg)=\frac{1}{2}$$
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